The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
BRITISH DUNGEONS.
How Jrelaud's Political Prisoners Are
Treated by Tory Officials.

Treated by Tory Officials.
A reporter had IN interesting in
terview with recent arrival in the city
from the County Wexford, Ireland. who
has felt the Inconvenience Of sleeping
on plank bed and living on prison
fare for using in the course of public
speech a quotation from Lord Byron S
dramatic poem of ''Cain.
1t will be something new to the gen.
eral public to learn that the author OF
.sCnilde HAROLD and ''Don JGao''
wrote treason against the English gov
eminent. though there can be little
doubt but such catholic lover Of free
dom as 1.-THE nobfest Of all GoTions'
would, if alive to-day. be as warm a
sympathizer witk the Irish people as
his granddaughter and her husband,
Sir Wilfrid BluRt. Lady Blunt is the
daughter of Brron's only child. whom
he loved with a passionate fondness
which he has immortalized IN the open.
ing line of ons of the canbSs of "ChilGe
Harold"
The treatment of John j. Heating
the gentleman above referred to. is the
same as that accorded TO all Irishmer
thrown iato prison. The details of al
Irish patriot life in ST English prison
il ireland will be read with somethin Q
approaching to inoredulity by the
American people.
81 was arrested, "'said Mr.. Heating
''for using language which was as
serted 30 be violation of The seventh
section of the CriHes act of 1882. The
language for which was arrested ard
incarcerated as i common criminal aor
ono rnonth is a SIMPLE quotation frcn
Byron referring to a Notorious land
grabber and cruel eXtermiuator in thG
neigIi5orhood OF Daridstown, the place
where l made ahe speech. / quoted
from Gain" thu welI-knowa curse-
MAJ TIC grass with or from his fest
The woods deny him shelter, the earth home
Tlsesun its light Ssld heavenits Col
"tfaf course only used that quotation
In the peroration of my speech. 4 was
promptly arrested and tried ut the petty
sessions 1t EEniscorthv. placeffalned
inehe rebellion Of 1888 The magis-
tTafes who uied me weTe two so-own
oEIicials-onc r r. Kennedy the reru-
lar stipendi"ry of the place, ana the
other Captain KeoGh--arh0 were inn
ported from Dundalk, il the North OF
Ireland. tosassist ut tlye mock trial
Captain Kecg IN is brother of tee infa-
snous Judge of the same name who
<cmmitted' uicide some years ago. and
has borne tie title of the~ Iris!lJ effcies. ;
81 dare%say you would likette hear
ny treatment in the Wexford jail For
the thirty-one days svzs there i spent
swenty-twO hours out 'ef every twenty
-four alone in my cell. (which measured
fourteen feet by seven, and was lighted
l,y small iron barred window about a
foot square. l had hard pIank'bed to
sleep upon, with a tkinJ0lanket to cover
sne. For food 1 get eight ounces OF
BLACK bread and d pat of water for
Breakfast. half-pint of vegetable soup
at dinner. and eight ounces of tblacl,
BREAD gpd another Piat OF water for
supper. This was all Il got the first
week, and was by v&yef initiation into
the mystery of living without nourish-
meRt. The second week, and during
5he remainder of 'rry work, nay daily
allowance OF bread was reduced ito six
ounces ia the morning and in the-even-
Ing rwibE halt-piRt Of coffee without
sugar.or milk. During my entire stay
in Jail Inever got asingbelato of meat
or any thing else but what have told
you. 1 need scarcely add that looked
like n ghost when -caTz.e out, but bad
as WIS l was able 10 quote Byron
again7and use stronger language than
die ever wrote against the English
syranny in Ireland
Il don't think tald eps1 that dncing
che two hours had freedom from my
cell each day was engaged breaking
stoneGs. the prison gard. When in the
cell i Ead three pounds of oaku1n to
pick daily, so had plenty to do. Every
prisoner sent mp for Il month gets ex-
ssefly. the same treatmentsSs I did, but
taese whose terms are loESer get liz tie
z1Rorefosd. You can nOwsimaginewtlat
Psoplo get for telling the truth in B-e-
1krad .Sl2out the manner Ia which the
country IS robbed by the landlords. and
crushed 10 the carta by English 6f-
helais. San Francisco Examiner.